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Mort Stanfield, State Director Barbara Ford, State Program Director

Mort Stanfield, State Director Barbara Ford, State Program Director. Communities in Schools of PA Capital Office 800 North Third Street, Suite 403 Harrisburg, PA 17102. cispac.org 717-233-4330. The mission of CIS is.

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Mort Stanfield, State Director Barbara Ford, State Program Director

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  1. Mort Stanfield, State Director Barbara Ford, State Program Director Communities in Schools of PA Capital Office 800 North Third Street, Suite 403 Harrisburg, PA 17102 cispac.org 717-233-4330

  2. The mission of CIS is . . . ...to champion the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.

  3. Fragmented Services Legal Assistance Human Services Mentors Bureaucratic Reactive HealthServices Tutors Impersonal Inaccessible Universities Business Civic Groups Recreation Uncoordinated Inconvenient Not Accountable Employment Services Law Enforcement

  4. The CIS Vision Legal Assistance Human Services Mentors Health Services Tutors Business Universities Recreation Civic Groups Law Enforcement Employment Services Services are Personalized, Coordinated and Accountable

  5. The Five CIS Basics Every child needs and deserves: • a personal, one-on-one relationship with a caring adult; • a safe place to learn and grow; • a healthy start in life; • a marketable skill to use upon graduation; and • a chance to give back to peers and community.

  6. Dramatization: Surrounding the Student Actress: Paige Ford Trinity High School Camp Hill, PA

  7. CIS Guiding Principles P E R S O N A L I S M CIS programs foster a one-to-one relationship with young people, promoting individual achievement. A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y CIS programs create a safe, supervised, healthy, accountable environment in order to provide resources and services which meet individual needs. C O O R D I N A T I O N CIS works with the local community and serves as a resource broker and program facilitator by forming public/private partnerships needed to reposition community resources into the schools.

  8. What is CIS? 1. A process. . . For the development of public/private partnerships; 2. A process. . . For the effective and coordinated brokering of existing community services through the schools; 3. A process. . . For cutting across institutional lines to provide ”comprehensive services” and community support for children and families in need; 4. A process. . . For “systemic change.”

  9. School Site CIS enhances Teamwork and Coordination What We Do CIS Enlists and Facilitates Partnerships Student Outcomes Improved Attendance Business + Health Services Improved Learning Enrichment Opportunities + Human Services Improved Behavior Employment Services = Juvenile Justice Higher Stay-in-School/ Graduation Rates Mentors/Tutors Services Repositioned CIS Makes a Difference!

  10. The RIGHT Model •Getting theRightPeople (community resources) •To do theRightThing (based on assets and needs) •With theRightPeople (youth and families) •At theRightTime (referrals/scheduling/follow-up) •In theRightWay (appropriate/impact is documented)

  11. Our Network:200 Programs, 28 States, 2 Million Young People The Communities In Schools network of local and state programs provides access to needed services for more than 2 million young people and their families each year. PA

  12. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA2003-2004 OVERVIEW Our Mission In Pennsylvania Provide support to local CIS programs and other community-based organizations Establish additional CIS operations throughout other Pennsylvania communities Build relationships with statewide organizations Become a statewide center for CIS Advocate for CIS, children, and families

  13. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA2003-2004 OVERVIEW CIS Serving Students in Pennsylvania • 5 local programs • 92 school sites • 85,615 students are enrolled in CIS partnering schools and have access to services • 595 community resources/services • 13,697 students are directly connected with services through CIS

  14. What We Do • Communities In Schools champions the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.

  15. Why We Do It • For over 25 years, CIS has championed the connection of needed community resources with schools. By bringing caring adults into the schools to address children's unmet needs, CIS provides the link between educators and the community. • The result: Teachers are free to teach, and students -- many in jeopardy of dropping out -- finally have the opportunity to focus on learning.

  16. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA2003-2004 OVERVIEW Success In Pennsylvania Retention -96 percent of CIS students tracked as potential dropouts remained in school at the end of the 2003-2004 school year Promotion - 86 percent of the students tracked for promotion risk were promoted to the next grade Graduation - 81 percent of eligible CIS students graduated Attendance - 45 percent of the students tracked for poor attendance improved their attendance Incidents of Discipline - 63 percent of the CIS students tracked for discipline problems had fewer incidents of discipline Academic Achievement - 66 percent of the students tracked for academic performance showed improvement in achievement

  17. Thank You Questions?

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